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levamcunttoewernrinns onfi on tnas o t oys unaan Conu cane _ MEA id y fiéfif/a)k 1 1 j i k e Part II _ Bill Baluk: pioneering forensics police wor In this day and age of DNA testing, MW n LEFT: Bill Baluk at his Shiloh home _ Police Department with photos for a vioâ€" sophisticated fibre testing and satellite monâ€" ; $ f today cdemonstrates the fingerprinting , lent rape case in Port Hope. Later, Blll itoring, crime solving often seems an aweâ€" [‘ 1 Ey ty § techniques used in the 50s and 605.‘ attended Supreme Court Assizes (April 2, some scientific or technological process. It fag 424 154 % «z > C PHoto ay Manoy Mantin _ 1951) when a man was convicted to 20 years wasn‘t always so. In fact, less than 50 years _;‘% es rq @~\.~ug â€" for the ctime. ago, the gathering of evidence for criminal . [ "®b / a6 wlve¢pal +33 m October 14, 1950: theft of over $8,000 prosecutions was in its z‘nfar;cy in Ontario. S , ~! ECsalion, fi‘:’ § hok ; . from a Roseneath farmer. Five men were Retired Ontario Provincial Police Corpoâ€" * «Wallal ”“fl]l“‘;;%’. & _'r fikimi. _ | BELOW: On April Fool‘s ‘Day, 1965, _ apprehended in various parts of Ontario, ral Bill Baluk was only the third forensic â€" WWW \ w l 4W ‘gr;'\,f" Z}\‘,__g.,fl We O 00â€" OPP Sergeant Bill Baluk was transâ€" . Bill flew to Winnipeg to escort one of the constable in Ontario. From his Cramahe | y W WA ‘:f:%_fia ]&Q"’*\ & *#=.,.__@| ferred from Timmins to the Orillia OPP_ suspects (en route to Vancouver) back to Township home, using his 32 years of work |W/ || W ,: g @'e’“g’ l 21. W ~~~ s ] detachment as Detachment Commanâ€" Cobourg. The man had been apprehended diaries for reference, he talked of the chalâ€" | | f’ is w,{, s E‘fifi tm ,-&{{.;;“:.ff'ff' ‘uuy/ | der, There were 24 uniform officers by the RCMP at Bill‘s request. lenges, memories good and bad, of his work. . | . (BRSvSINE B P es seacs, _ se 4eb | and two civilian stenos at the Orillia _ ® December 14, 1950: arrested three f !,“i e 5s ""% i lt 3w office. Brantford men for theft of auto. The Brantâ€" By Mandy Martin _ e Mlos ue m s 7 PHoto countesy or Bir. Batuk _ ford Police Department was very pleased When Bill was sworn in as an OPP conâ€" | â€"â€"| J C _ h when they heard the news. Annually, three stable Jl;nti_e 1949, histannual salary was e Eons i on ;;‘ cal"Ial Cmmz brothers stole a car and drove to the Marâ€" $1,840 â€" before income tax. _ [ â€"â€"â€"â€"lifer l uie ~ _ | ) Eesc | itimes to visit. Several weeks later, the car _ "The force was paid once a month and it : e SH n.}iisi 2;;54 sB Eflfi{sfi?{-‘ 4 fff:_fi _Z~) â€" would reappear several blocks from where was a hell of a long month when it had five es . S 3& e i,;%-? t eop e 5 S â€" it had been stolen. It wasn‘t all cute, weeks to it," he recalls. . . (S “',a%} M 0 o ks 3 though. The arrest involved a high speed "My first two months‘ pay was $135.50 izmmmmm! gememmmsssece. Ne || 4 ' uo i k 5 S chase across Northumberland County on per month because they deducted $17.50 SS ooo ts epig s E:‘..g“'é’i.-â€";‘,,,,; hi on d C C3 Highway 2, culminating at Trenton after each month in case the uniformMm OI | @sma. mecressees. [ = S] & \ i4 s EME => 1 â€" shots were fired. revolver were lost. This was a bit of an : E: Aps Je Jns is | o m April 11, 1951; arrested three men for $ insult because the revolver I was issued, a . mmsean, mss seeee. Lo s e > i. Iing $ 0 passing counterfeit bills at a small store Webbley & Scott, probably cost between $5 â€" Mess eanememesenes. | sn x\'/_, f s jest f ’%‘V #Z==â€"! â€" run by Ed Barlow at Wicklow. and $12 on the war surplus market." o m S 5 scu 3y ts CS _ m August 30, 1951; investigated the theft And he had left a $240 a month plUS. . fes=> meestesse s | S Lo J 7 §3 "Z==) â€" of a steer from a farmer west of Cobourg. overtime at General Motors to join the . mSs. . |â€" o ~ / TSiatht + %"- fi:m The case was unsolved, but the pressure of force. 4 : C , ;’. ) &i E}E x the investigation resulted in the farmer The work week was established at 48 f H }’ ied h ies eventually receiving a phone call telling hours minimum. Frequently, the men were | _ Â¥ S j 3 Necolle him where he could retrieve the steer. Low called upon to work longer hours with no NCO Sworee A g : % M WMk=â€") â€" and behold, a steer missing from the previâ€" overtime monetary or time compensation. | M S ts ; > is 19 ous year, as well as the 1951 steer were As a matter of fact, if you happened to &X t \X $3% 3 prassq ) both recovered. have to attend court on your day off or 4 inz [ Mess bey ..3 t oi + m( '.7\7_4_; mE e #1g2 "Some weeks later, I met the farmer in annual leave, that day was lost," Bill | o OM f:'; C en 0 NJ aef _ TsR _ efi | â€" Cobours and refused a $5 reward he offered recalls. "You did not get another day in Nh3 | l“fi " ‘f MR en > T -~- & to me for recovering his steers," Bill lieu of the days lost. 4 : : h h. O Lt ols **’"‘""“5"1,, en 9 PM â€"â€" relates. "I explained to him that he was "Periodically, you got involved with an 1 l P t Te E:; ,::!;'1 4 * e > ‘ already paying my salary in his taxes. investigation of some sort, or perhaps an |VA) "Se «>3 eV Wt _s..‘,,“ ‘,4" tm __.... About five minutes later, I spoke to a escort at the end of your shift at 2 a.m. and | Bakan MAn Eh mA dinteraast s km\“' o c S â€" neighbour of the farmer who said to me,‘T you did not get home until 7 a.m. or after. . © ho cocacecaninouancdicild l e == : hear you just refused to take five dollars! : The District Sergeant at the time was not â€" formed and two civilian stenos, February It is the Cobourg years that have the How thankful I was that I had refused the very sympathetic when anyone comâ€" 14, 1970, he transferred to thg Oak Ridges â€" most numerous and‘me_morable cases and â€" five dollars. If I had taken it, talk would plained about being overworked and â€" Detachment as I/CII (second in command) â€" events of his forensics involvement. HaVâ€" | have been slightly different." underpaid. ‘Then quit, son,‘ he‘d say. ‘We â€" of the attachment with 68 unformed offiâ€" ing studied his work palendars from th)ose @ March 16, 1951; murder investigation have 10 men waiting to take your place!‘ " cers, three civilian radio operators, three â€" years, Bill has compiled a chronological with CIB Inspector Don Nicol of Toronto Bill‘s active and intensive work in gathâ€" stenographers and two janitors. It was a â€" listing of the cases many readers may â€" a March 27, 1951; bank robbery at C'olâ€" ering evidence for proving crimes hal busy spot. There were 14 cruisers, five recall or recall having heard about. We borne Jacksbn J;'ickson and Boyd hit been committed continued from his home _ motorcycles and nine different shifts. More _ outline some of the cases â€" by no means all! town. A Mr Buthorford was whacked on base of the Cobourg OPP detachment until _ shifts wee added in the years following. â€" below. the h.ead be'caus e he wouldn‘t get down November 23, 1963. That was the day he "At my retirement in April 30, 1980, â€" Inspector Nicol handled the investigation. ; reported to Timmins OPP detachment as _ there were 48 uniform officers , four civilâ€" s January 5, 1950: assisted Criminal In 1931. there was also a chase fora man Sergeant. While there, the famous Windfall â€" ijan radio operators, four stenographers Investigation Branch Inspector Scotty that had! {gone berserk" at Dalrymple Mine scam broke. Texas Gulf prospecting â€" and two custodians of buildings (formerly _ MacLeod investigating a double murder of Laks. Some sD officers were called in 16 was on, fuelled by, as it turned out and _ called janitors)," Bill remembers. a husband and wife in Oshawa. Many of briné the man in. When he was encounâ€" shades of recent Breâ€"X scandals, false core He had 31 years and 47 weeks of service. . the witnesses spoke Ukrainian or Polish, tered. it required. eight men to hold him sample reports. His pension was augmented.because he Bill (also capable in Russian) served as downy April 1, 1965, Bill transferred to Orillia _ was allowed to buy back his three years of _ translator. f Detachment as Commander with 24 uniâ€" â€" RCAF wartime service. a February 10, 1950: assisted Port Hope Continuep on pace 12 Q _\